Episode · David Senra · 2026-06-28

David Senra & Scott Wu: books mentioned

Scott Wu, Cognition

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Scott Wu is the co-founder and CEO of Cognition, the company behind Devin, the world's first AI software engineer. Wu describes himself as "salty," a word he traces to second grade, when he competed in a seventh-grade math competition, lost, and never forgot it.

David Senra discussed Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Zero to One

   Peter Thiel; Blake Masters · at 29:09

   Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a prominent business and technology book that challenges conventional startup thinking.

   Discussed

   “I found one of my all-time favorite quotes when I was reading the book 0ero to1. The quote says, "The single most powerful pattern I have noticed is that successful people find value in unexpected places. And they do this by thinking about business from first principles instead of formulas."”

   David Senra Scott Wu, Cognition 2026-06-28 Listen at 29:09

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